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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. MURPHY, OF MONTGOMERY, MINNESOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,207, dated January28, 1890.

Application filed February 27, 1889- Serial No. 301,374. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN L. MURPHY, of Montgomery, in the county of LeSueur and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Coatand Hat Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved hook formed from asingle piece of wire; and the invention consists, generally, in theconstruction hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In hooks of similar design heretofore constructed there is a lack ofstiffness and strength to withstand a side blow or strain, as they haveno lateral support.

By my improvement this defect is remedied and a light, cheap, and stronghook secured, capable, when screwed into its support, of withstanding asevere strain downward or laterally.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved hook. Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation,and- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

The hook is formed of a single piece of wire, one end of which isthreaded to form the screwpoint 1. The main stem 3 is in line with thescrew-point 1. The end of the stem 3 joins the loop 5, and from the loop5 the wire extends downward and backward and then forward, forming theloop 7. The wire is then extended upward at right angles to the stem 3,forming the upright stem 11. From the top of the stem 11 the wire isextended laterally and carried around the stem 3, forming the twolaterally-projecting loops 9, extending at right angles to the stem 3.The end of the wire is then carried around the stem 3. The stem 11 restsagainst the wall or woodwork, onto which the threaded end 1 is screwed,and the loops 9 also rest against the same surface. The stem 11 formsabrace for the hook on the under side of the stem 3, while the loops 9form lateral braces for the stem on its opposite sides. By this meansthe stem is firmly braced laterally, and is thereby prevented from beingbent to either side, to which, owing to the small size of the stem 3, itwould otherwise be liable.

I claim as my invention The herein-described coat and hat hook formedfrom a single piece of wire and comprising the main stem 3, theupwardly-extending loops 5 and 7, and the elongated loops 9, lying aboveand below and on opposite sides of the main stem 3, back from the endthereof, so as to form by said single loop a bearing around all sides ofthe main stem, as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day ofJanuary, 1889.

JOHN L. MURPHY.

In presence of- PETER CLARKEN, JOHN KUNIK.

